St. Landry democrat., 1887-05-07

HENRY MACKEY, d Brush electric light
lineman at Detroit, Mich, touched a live
wire while working on q pole On the 2'th.
He was fatally injured by falling to the
street. He was married; aged thirty.
BY direction of the President, Major
General Fred Fl. Terry, in addition to his
present duties, is assigned to the com
mand of the Dep lrtmont OF the Missouri
until permanent commander may be as
signed to the department.
SENATOR c. K. DAVIS made the closing
argument for the defense in the trial OF
Frank Mead for the murder of Frank
Farnsworth at St. Paul. Mimi, on the
27th, and the case went to the jury at live
o'clock At 6:20 the jury returned YER
dict of not guilty.
TIE Hungarian primate vii: prese Mt
the Pope, on the occasion of RE latter's
jubilee, beautiful gold chalice, the
weight of which will equal that Of two
hundred and fifty gold ducats.
BLACK fever accompanied with dlph-
liberia, is making terrible ravages among
the people in the valley Of St Maurice,
Quebec. At Mt Caribou eight deaths
have occurred in one family. There IS no
prospect of an early abatement OF the
disease.
JONATHAN ". JoRDoN, a leading lawyer
Of indianapolis, Ind, died on the 2'th Of
congestion Of the brain, aged siXty-seven
years. He was the most prominent Grim
inal attorney in the State, and had defend
ed over sixty murder cases IN his career,
only one of which was decided against
him.
MARY HOAE and Maud Mcdonald were
thrown under an ore train on the Hecla &
I ,l-
ing of the Goth. a coupling link breaking.
Miss Hoar had her head cut from her
body, and Miss McDonald's legs were
crushed so badly that amputation was
necessary. Both victims lived at Lake
Linden.
FIRE on the evening OF the 9th dc
stroycd the Wabash round house, situat-
ed in the southwestern part of Des
Mones. Ia, containing thirteen locOmo.
lives. 1t was wooden building, and
when the fire was discovered it was under
such Roadway that nothing could stay the
progress of the flames. The loss will
scarcely fall below 100000 and may ex
coed that sum.
PROF WERNER. of Berlin, is painting
portraits of all the members of Grown
Prince Frederick Williams family They
are intended for present for Queen Vic
! toria from German residents Of London
on the occasion of Her Majesty's jubilee.
PIANO, editor of the Bucharest LMpfa, has
been sentenced in his absence to two
years Imprisonment and to pay fine of
81 900 for describing the King Of Roumania
as an egotist, and adventurer and an
enemy of his country.
THE total receipts of the Government
for the month up to the 27th were s27, IL
| coo; the total expenditures, sI1,622, o53, be-
ing net gain for the month of Sl55)1, S45
The heavy receipts and the comparatively
light disbursements indicate a corre-
spondingly large reduction in the public
debt for the month, now estimated at be-
tween So, 900, 900 and SIS, 00)000.
THE teasers and mixers in all the win
dow-glass factories of the Pittsburgh
(Pa) district struck on the 9th for an in
crease of wages averaging ten per cent.
Fourteen factories nave closed down, and
nearly one thousand men are idle. The
manufacturers say they will resume
operations as soon as they can secure
enough men to run the factories.